Chapter 1260: The End of the Three Wells Consortium

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The actions of Jiuding Securities Company had the imposing aura of a dark cloud overcoming the city, which really made Fujiwara Ichiro believe it.

Nippon Steel's stock price is indeed moving in the direction he planned, but he did not expect that Jiuding Securities Co., Ltd. would be so tenacious, and in the face of such a high stock price, it was still attacking frantically and did not flinch at all.

This time, Ichiro Fujiwara really couldn't sit still.

Just shouting slogans and adding fuel to fire is no longer enough. There must be practical actions.

Otherwise, according to the current situation, if Jiuding Securities Co. is allowed to take over these shareholders, Jiuding Securities Co., Ltd.’s shareholding is likely to exceed 25%, which will pose a huge threat to the Mitsui Consortium’s rule over Nippon Steel.

After all, at that level, as long as one or two consortiums are drawn over, there will be another power within Nippon Steel that is comparable to them, and then the trouble will be big!

In a hurry, he drove directly to a quaint manor in the suburbs of Tokyo, which was the residence of the Mitsui family.

And what he is looking for is his immediate boss, the current head of the Mitsui family, the president of the Mitsui Holdings Group, and the general manager (chairman) of the consortium manager's association "Erwood Club" - Mitsui Genta.

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"President, I'm sorry to disturb your Yaxing."

Under the leadership of the housekeeper, Ichiro Fujiwara found Genta Mitsui who was wearing a samurai uniform and practicing swordsmanship in the garden. When Genta Mitsui drew his sword and stood up, he walked over quickly and said with a bow.

"Fujiwara-kun, I kept you waiting."

Mitsui Gentai said with a faint smile, his tone was calm but he had some power of his own.

Fujiwara Ichiro hurriedly smiled and flattered: "No, no, it's my honor to see your superb swordsmanship."

"Ha ha……"

"Come on, let's go inside and talk."

Wiping off the sweat, Genta Mitsui laughed and handed the samurai sword to the housekeeper beside him.

After that, Mitsui Genta walked straight to the direction of the house,

Ichiro Fujiwara respectfully followed.

Soon, the two came to the living room and sat down face to face.

A maid was carefully making tea by the side.

At this time, a servant brought a plate of watermelon that was still cold and put it on the table, Mitsui Genta picked up a piece, smiled and said to Fujiwara Ichiro: "Don't be restrained, try it, this is the latest watermelon cultivated by the Agriculture and Forestry Company. Variety, sweetness and mouthfeel are all at their peak."

"Bah~"

After speaking, Mitsui Genta took a bite of the iced watermelon and showed an expression of enjoyment.

Ichiro Fujiwara thanked him, picked up the watermelon and tasted it. After only one sip, he showed a surprised expression: "This watermelon is indeed delicious. By your blessing, I have a good taste today."

Mitsui Genta smiled and shook his head and said, "You can bring a few back later."

"Thank you boss."

Fujiwara Ichiro said flattered.

...

After eating a few pieces of watermelon to dissipate the heat, Mitsui Genta leaned on the sofa in a comfortable position, looked at Ichiro Fujiwara and asked, "Fujiwara-kun, you are here today to tell me that Jiuding Securities Company acquired Nippon Steel. Is it the matter?"

"Yes."

Fujiwara Ichiro replied respectfully.

"What's the situation now? Isn't the stock price going up all the time?"

Mitsui Genta continued to ask.

After all, the Mitsui Consortium is too large. As the leader of the Mitsui Consortium, he is in charge of all the machines and does not pay attention to the situation of Nippon Steel in real time.

Of course, when he watched economic news in the past few days, he inevitably knew the general situation. In his opinion, as long as Nippon Steel's stock price kept rising, the problem would not be too big.

Fujiwara Ichiro said solemnly: "President, the company's stock price has been rising this week. At the close on Friday, it had risen to 954.8 yen per share. Compared with the beginning, the total increase has reached 40%, indeed It's going in the direction of our plan."

"But what I didn't expect is that Jiuding Securities Co., Ltd. did not flinch in the face of the skyrocketing stock price, and was still aggressively acquiring, so the previous coping strategy was no longer fully effective."

Mitsui Genta frowned slightly, his eyes sharp like a knife, and he saw Fujiwara Ichiro lowered his head.

"Tell me about your next move."

Mitsui Genta ordered in a deep voice.

Fujiwara Ichiro said when he was about to come, "President, I have two thoughts now."

"The first one is to upgrade the strategy currently being implemented, mainly by raising prices, supplemented by acquisitions, continue to raise the stock price, and join the competition at the same time, so that Jiuding Securities Co., Ltd. can retreat."

"The second is to fully acquire equity, so that the group's total control ratio of Nippon Steel will be increased to more than 50%."

After simply speaking, Ichiro Fujiwara did not explain the advantages and disadvantages of the two ideas, because he knew that the president could understand.

Mitsui Genta really saw through the essence and advantages and disadvantages of these two ideas.

The first is the method of killing one thousand enemies and self-destructing eight hundred. It still has the element of deterrence. The advantage is that less resources are consumed at the consortium level, but there are still hidden concerns. It is not guaranteed that Jiuding Securities Company is like a snake. launch an attack.

The second type has obvious advantages and can avoid future troubles, but the disadvantages are also very prominent, and it consumes huge resources for the consortium.

With the current share price of Nippon Steel, it is still necessary to make the consortium's total shareholding in Nippon Steel reach 50%, which requires at least four or five trillion yen of resources, or even more.

If this is converted into US dollars, it is more than two billion US dollars!

This is also a big burden for the consortium. After all, four or five hundred billion yen is not a small amount. Other companies will definitely have opinions. After all, resources are still mobilized from other companies.

For Fujiwara Ichiro, he definitely hopes that Mitsui Genta will adopt his second method. For him, there are only advantages and no disadvantages, and the pressure of the consortium has nothing to do with him.

However, he didn't dare to ask for it directly, so he just put it up for Mitsui Genta to make up his mind.

Mitsui Yuan was too frowning and thought, and did not express his position for a long time.

He also has his own considerations.

Although Nippon Steel is the leader of the island country's steel industry and one of the industrial cores of the Mitsui Consortium, the steel industry in the island country has been a depressed industry for so many years, and the potential of Nippon Steel has not been as great as before. reduce.

At the previous consortium meeting, a strategic plan has been made, focusing on the development of automobile manufacturing, electronic semiconductors, precision manufacturing, biochemical medicine, heavy machinery, real estate and other fields, while companies in shipbuilding, steel, transportation and other fields are placed next.

This strategy was discussed and approved at the executive meeting, as this is a major trend in business development.

Although the Mitsui Consortium has a lot of money, it is also a big business, and no amount of money is enough to spend. For the overall interests of the consortium, of course, the limited funds must be used effectively and invest in high-growth fields and companies as much as possible.

If 4 or 500 billion yen of funds or resources are mobilized from various companies to assist Nippon Steel, it will have a considerable impact on the original strategy.

But if it is not saved, if something happens to Nippon Steel, it will hurt the foundation of the Mitsui Consortium and will affect a large number of core companies.

Just as Nippon Steel was able to cut off supply to Tiangong Automobile Group, once Nippon Steel was captured by the enemy or fell into turmoil, it would also affect the consortium's steel supply chain.

Ichiro Fujiwara threw a cactus for him, and it wasn't that tricky.

For a long time, Mitsui Yuan was too heartless, and decided to once and for all, and increase the control of Nippon Steel to more than 50%.

In order to influence the strategies of various companies as much as possible, companies such as Mitsui Bank, Mitsui Trust Bank, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, and Meiji Life Insurance can only play the main role and increase their stock holdings.

Although the Mitsui Consortium does not control these financial giants very thoroughly, and even the control of Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance and Meiji Life Insurance is not particularly high, as long as these companies join the consortium.

These companies can obey the order of the consortium, and it is the same as holding the equity of Nippon Steel. If Jiuding Securities Company wants to threaten Nippon Steel, it will first acquire these financial giants if it has the ability.

None of these four financial giants is worse than Jiuding Securities Company.

In order to acquire and control these four financial giants, it is difficult for the other five major consortiums in the island country and even large consortia in Europe and the United States, let alone Jiuding Securities Company.

"Fujiwara-kun, I will inform you later, come over to attend the meeting in the afternoon, and then I will call the presidents of Mitsui Bank, Mitsui Trust Bank, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, and Meiji Life Insurance over here. You have to do a good job here. Prepare, what do you need them to do..."

"Understood, thank you, President, I will improve the plan immediately when I go back!"

After listening to Fujiwara Ichiro, he was overjoyed, and the tone of his speech revealed excitement.

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In the afternoon, a group of financial leaders gathered at the residence of the Mitsui family, and Mitsui Genta presided over a special meeting.

After the meeting, each company immediately started to form an acquisition team and acted according to the assigned goals.

The news cannot be hidden.

What's more, many of Nippon Steel's shareholders are companies formed by major consortia.

The big moves of the Mitsui Consortium were immediately known to the major consortiums and families.

With the mentality of watching a good show, everyone focused their attention on Jiuding Securities Company.

They wanted to see how the weak Jiuding Securities Company would choose when the behemoth of the Mitsui Consortium turned around...